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Chrystine Webb - Final Draft of Research Paper With Works Cited Page
Chrystine Webb - Final Draft of Research Paper With Works Cited Page
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Mrs.Kenly
British Lituare
19 March 2019
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Here’s happens to your brain when you die Series by PETER DOCKRILL 25 DEC 2017
Here’s what happens to your brain when you die by Peter Dockrill We realize the mind
can't work when the heart has quit pulsating, yet for this situation cognizant mindfulness seems
to have proceeded for as long as three minutes into the period when the heart wasn't thumping,"
Parnia disclosed to The National Post, "despite the fact that the cerebrum normally closes down
inside 20 to 30 seconds after the heart has ceased.". Seeing as to any living them has its own core
ours as “humans “ being our brain along with our hearts . They string us from life and death . In
some cases people can be saved with a simple pulse of electricity same for our counterparts
being animals . Taking from that we all know death is common . 2010-2019 Ecology
Communications Group, Inc. (ECG). Statics says 8 deaths/1,000 population ,55.3 million people
die each year, 151,600 people die each day,6,316 people die each hour,105 people die each
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minute ,Nearly two people die each second. If nearly two people die each second it stops
becoming common and becomes the daily reality we face each second and each year . I know
you might think to yourself “What else is there to know about dying? you die you die “ The point
is
Death effects more than the person who is taken by it . It can breed inspiration , revolution and
evolution . Most of all Death is a process but the same for all stricken by it. The purpose of my
paper is not to be dark and marry evil intent that death seems to have of people . Instead i
am here to perch you thought on death as it is something we all have to go through and for some
of us something we have been affected by in one way or another . As in the passing of one of our
loved ones, mass genocides , suicides, the dying out of animals and the cream of the crop the
Death or dying is defined by the action or fact of dying or being killed; the end of the life of a
person or organism. Now what is a organism?an individual animal, plant, or single-celled life
form.Now what are these single-celled life forms, well organism that consists of only one cell,
unlike a multicellular organism that consists of more than one cell. Unicellular organisms fall
into two general categories: prokaryotic organisms and eukaryotic organisms. Taking a moment
to get out of the mind set that us humans are the only ones that deal with death . Death can be
defined as the end . Even stars die How Do Stars Die ?By: Maria Temming | July 15, 2014 .
From this article I can compare the life of a star to our lives . To be more direct I focus this
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around the way a stars die . They exhaust their fuel supply and explode . In our case we do not
This word goes by many things but all originates from Etymology. The word death comes
from Old English dēaþ, which in turn comes from Proto-Germanic *dauþuz (reconstructed by
etymological analysis). This comes from the Proto-Indo-European stem *dheu- meaning the
"process, act, condition of dying". We shall strip the negativity from death by calling it
something else . For the rest of this paper I shall refer to it as quietus. Quietus can be seen as
negative because it takes away our loved ones away .Humans are not the only ones affected by
quietus people and animals both go through the 7 stages of grief . Theses stages tend to always
be because of quietus . Based on Understanding The Stages Of Grief By Julia Thomas Updated
January 02, 2019 Reviewer Deborah Horton these seven stages includes shock, denial,anger
,barging ,depression,appetence,and testing. The main one I would like to focus on the heavily
deals with this research paper . This being denial when you're willfully ignorant about the
misfortune, you attempt to persuade yourself or others that the occasion hasn't occurred or isn't
lasting. You know the actualities, obviously. In the event that your companion has kicked the
bucket, you may acknowledge that it happened yet then accept for a period that the demise
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There is always a issue or a problem and from the topic of death there is sure to be a problem as
in how people or animals deal with their grief in unhealthy ways as well as the effects it can have
on the mind . Afolabi, Oladayo, Death, Grief and Family Dynamics: The Impact of Family
Member's Death and Delayed Grief Resolution on the Family System. (May 2, 2014). Delayed
grief resolution is one of those things . This in tells how effect of non-regularizing startling
in the elements and structure of family, factors which influence the family's adjustment to loss
and ultimately, the psychological well-being outcomes of deprivation with reference to delayed
despondency issue. Which is just my take on this article . Getting over death is a process just like
going through death . Seeking help in these times can very important to one's health . Now as i
mentioned earlier the value of the death can be seen differently .A child or a young teen passing
excites a staggering feeling of unfairness — for lost potential, unfulfilled dreams and silly
affliction. Guardians may feel in charge of the kid's demise, regardless of how silly that may
appear. Guardians may likewise feel that they have lost their very own crucial piece character.
Then when a spouse passes it is "awful not to mention the serious passionate stun, the demise
may cause a potential monetary emergency if the life partner was the family's principal pay
source. The passing may require significant social alterations requiring the enduring companion
to parent alone, change in accordance with single life and perhaps come back to work.
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Old individuals might be particularly powerless when they lose a life partner since it implies
A misfortune because of suicide can be among the most troublesome misfortunes to hold up
under. They may leave the survivors with an enormous weight of blame, outrage and disgrace.
Survivors may even feel in charge of the demise. Looking for directing amid the primary weeks
after the suicide is especially useful and fitting. This all according to Mental Health America
Article Title Coping with Loss: Bereavement and Grief Date Published May 01, 2015.Death
seems to not have a type it comes for all thus is the greatest equalizer of all . You can not buy
immortality . Death can not be reversed it is a single motion that triggers manny emotions .
Myths can be endless when it surrounds death . Introducing the grim reaper known for have a
tasking job . Since forever there have been distinctive portrayals of death, from the Valkyries of
Norse folklore, to the god Thanatos of the Greeks, however a standout amongst the most
unavoidable symbols in popular culture is the Grim Reaper. Portrayed as a skeletal figure
shrouded in dark, streaming robes who hauls a grass shearer, this vision of death did not spring
out of the blue, in truth every little thing about him is loaded up with imagery.
This feared figure originates from a feared time. The Black Death broke out amid the fourteenth
century, and was one of the deadliest pandemics ever. No less than 25 million individuals kicked
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the bucket at its flare-up, and millions progressively kept on dying as it erupted over and over.
Of course, a dread of death started to invade society as individuals saw the agony the ailment
Thus craftsmanship started to portray passing as a” skeletal figure’, this symbolism is thought to
have been pulled from the heaps of bodies individuals would discover littering the boulevards.
Generally demise would be appeared some sort of weapon, regardless of whether it was a
crossbow, dart or something different completely. Eventually, the weapon was consistently made
a sickle, a cultivating instrument with a long handle and bended sharp edge at the top. The sickle
was received as the weapon of decision as it felt as if passing was cutting down people as
though they were grain in a field, and a few bits of craftsmanship portrayed only that.
The Grim Reaper's dark shroud utilizes its shading in two different ways. For one, it is the shade
of grieving, customarily worn at memorial services and by friends and family still in a grieving
period, normally the one that brings such bitterness covers itself in dark. Too, passing shrouds
itself in the shadows and haziness to play off the dread of the obscure. This being my take on the
following article Origin of the Grim Reaper by J-Touchette April 21, 2019. Of course this is just
the myth . That is a myth of course but there are only really 4 ways to die not counting the
circumstance Mitchell, Gareth. “How Many Ways Can You Die?” BBC Science Focus
Magazine,
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“However if you ignore the circumstances leading up to the death and simply consider the
proximal mechanism itself, there are basically four different ways to cause total and irreversible
loss of brain stem function” As in oxygen starvation, high temperature, concoction poison and
physical harm. So on the off chance that you seep to death, what really executes you is the way
that your mind is famished of oxygen. On the off chance that you bite the dust of meningitis, it's
a blend of the physical harm to the neurons by the swelling of the cerebrum, in addition to the
direct lethal impact of bacterial mixes. In the event that you are hit by a vehicle, you may kick
the bucket from the physical harm to your mind, oxygen starvation because of dying, or even the
lethality of a resulting bacterial contamination. All these can be easily proven unlike the myth of
the grim reaper. The reaper of mortal endings is ever so real . The problem is how negative
death- appears but what about the good it brings ? “Gone from our sight, but never from our
hearts.” A mysterious quote by a mysterious person . This small quote is used to cope with this
loss . Death can bring positive things don't be fooled into boxing up death as a spiral to negative
emotions . Where there is a day there ia a night where there is a shadow there is a ray of light”
Mercury , 4,21,2019 “. Sounds off but studies have shown thinking about death makes life
better."The dance with death can be a delicate but potentially elegant stride toward living the
good life," write American and Dutch researchers in a study published online April 5 in the
journal Personality and Social Psychology Review. The cognizant consciousness of death can
inspire individuals to care more of their physical well-being and prioritize individual objectives
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positive measures and conventions fabricate positive connections become engaged with the
network's blister tranquil conjugations advance in their own lives. Parry, Wynne. “Why
Thoughts of Death May Be Good For You.” LiveScience, Purch, 2 May 2012,
Death can make people see that time can be short you never know when it might come for you .
So knowing this and accepting this humans tend to reach out to what that want in live to create
new goals for themselves what give them a sense of for fillment . Death is only a state of being .
Death makes us value being alive . When alive we can reach almost anywhere . Death helps us
appreciate life from the smallest things . We as humans seem to have near death appearances
which change us forever The occasion is so profound that it does adjust the experiencer’s
existence. perhaps the maximum common after effect of an NDE is the lack of the concern of
dying and a bolstered notion in the afterlife. there's a brand new cognizance of that means and
purpose of their lives. a brand new experience of self with increased shallowness is suggested.
Experiencers also display a marked alternate of their mind-set, not only toward their existence
but closer to others as nicely. They tend to be more open, caring, and loving. but, they'll also
reexamine their current relationships, finishing a few which can be not compatible with their new
Pleasurable Western Adult Near-Death Experiences. In Holden, Janice Miner, EdD, Greyson,
Bruce, MD. and James, Debbie, RN/MSN. (Eds.) 2009, The Handbook of Near-Death
Expanding our minds to see what else death can bring can be fairly easy to most . Famous artist
use the figure of death to cultivate their emotions and put it into art .
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Pieter Bruegel the Elder - The Triumph of Death an art piece that inspired many to this day to
display there dark and twisted art inspired by the demise of man . His painting was seen to be An
military of skeletons attacks peasants and royalty alike in Bruegel's The Triumph of loss of life.
each inch of the portray presents some new horror committed by the navy of dying, and lots of
easily missed info can be seen via looking at a complete-sized illustration of the piece. although
it's normally fallacious as being an outline of the Black Plague, it turned into surely painted over
2 hundred years later. Not to mentions how the death of one black child caused a whole black
uprising of course it didn't last long but it keep that thought in a african americans mind to be
careful of the white man . This being the death of trayvon martin which put in effect a closer eye
on the law enforcement the news spread across social media like wildfire . This death changed
manny .To the way people addressed there own kids about how to be safe when dealing with
officers . The fear that this put in parents knowing their own kids could be killed at in moment
helped them wake up and inreturn becoming more active in the law .Pilkington, Ed, and Richard
Luscombe. “Trayvon Martin: How a Teenager's Death Sparked a National Debate.” The
Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 14 July 2013. Death can be very controversial from how
people choose to mourn death . Some see certain traditions practiced by others to be
disrespectful . Death is even unique to the way it is treated as it can be handled with celebration
to a time od ultimate sorrow“Cultures Around The World That Celebrate Death.” TalkDeath, 25
Oct. 2018, .Each traditional can be very special to the culture. Death is never the same it is just
as different as the people death is culture . No matter where we go death follows and where it
follows we react
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Moving onto a conclusion the stigma that is given to death is a very powerful one . It varies
from the person , culture and personal beliefs . Death has been around since well everything .
Based off my research death is a function of ending . Death affects people in many ways . For
some it helps them better themselves . Death can even trigger fashion choices and ideas for even
art . That art last for centuries telling someone's story . It is important to know that humans are
not the only ones that suffer from grief . Everything living meets its own death . But death
doesn't have to be seen as a negative thing . Death is treated differently every where some
welcome it and some fear from it . Death can not be said to be some shadow figure lurking over
your grandma as she sleeps . There is no cure for death nor cheating the end . Dealing with death
can be traumatizing if not dealt with in the right away. Getting through the stages of grief can
be key . The stigma might be too strong too remove but it is worth a try. Recapping on the
compasion i made to our lives being like stars we are bound to run out of food some day . Here
is the bright side of dying according too “Looking on Bright Side of Death Makes You
Healthier.” The Telegraph, Telegraph Media Group, 1 May 2012”.Another examination has
indicated how considering passing can result in constructive practices, diminishing forceful
dispositions and increment people groups' eagerness to unselfishly help other people.
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Past work into mortality has recommended contemplating passing could make individuals feel
Notwithstanding, after disastrous occasions, for example, the psychological oppressor assaults of
9/11 and the Oklahoma City besieging that executed 168, individuals' uplifted dread and
Prof Jamie Arndt stated: "Both the news media and analysts would in general spotlight on the
pessimistic response to these demonstrations of fear based oppression, for example, viciousness
and victimization Muslims, however thinks about additionally discovered that individuals
offered higher degrees of thanks, expectation, thoughtfulness and authority after 9/11. Finally It
is important to seek help when dealing with a sensitive death . Also It is okay to be dismissive
and sad for all we know you only live once . The strong stigma can be made into a simple phrase